Fall 2022 Backlog Challenge

[S-K-plays 1]

I’m in. 

[MidnightDragon 29,656]

26 minutes ago, S-K-plays said:

I’m in. 

Not until you post a list you aren’t.

[MidnightDragon 29,656]

I meant to post this when I made the topic and I don’t see anyone who has any, but effective immediately, shovelware games (you all know what they are) are NOT allowed. This will apply to future challenges as well.

[Sasha Necron 9,307]

 

 

Update #1

 

1. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. My 900th Platinum Milestone and 100% Completion. Very Rare: 7.40%.
2. My Hero One's Justice 2. 0% (Progression 70% So Far).
3. Team Sonic Racing. My 950th platinum milestone, 8th Ultra Rare AND Trophy 20,000th and 100% Completion. Ultra Rare: 3.73%.
4. SENRAN KAGURA Burst Re:Newal. 0% (Haven't started yet).
5. Senran KAGURA PEACH BEACH SPLASH. 0% (Haven't started yet).
6. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart. My Very First PS5 Platinum. This is my 998th Platinum and 100% Completion. Common: 66.10%.
7. Demon Souls Remake PS5 0% (Haven't started yet).
8. Crypt of the Necrodancer 0%. (Postpone until I get a mechanical keyboard)
9. Hades PS4 EU 0% (Haven't started yet).
10. Bayonetta 0% (Haven't started yet).
11. Spider-man: Miles Morales PS5. This is my 999th platinum trophy and 100% Completion. Common: 51.08%.
12. Spider-man Remastered PS5 0% (Haven't started yet).
13. Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade PS5 (Haven't started yet).
14. Far Cry 6 PS4 0% (Haven't started yet).
15. Far Cry 6 PS5 0% (Haven't started yet).
16. Judgment PS5 0% (Haven't started yet).
17. Lost Judgment PS5 0% (Haven't started yet).
18. Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade PS5 0% (Haven't started yet).
19. Final Fantasy Type-0 HD 0% (Haven't started yet ).
20. The Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles PS5 (Haven't started yet).
21. Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus German Version 0% (Haven't started yet).

Description: I didn't chose to auto-pop trophies for Miles Morales and decided to strike it down in style to capture the awesome screenshots. Performance RT and 60 FPS was super awesome and seeing the reflection on wet grounds, surfaces and so on. It was fun and enjoyable and can't argued, complained nor bitched about it. The story was averaged at first and very well decent enough for me and I am very happy I played this game until the end. With this game done and done. I will need to think for my next 1000th platinum milestone. @MrGarland, @zizimonster and @Deep_Space_5D. Gar, Zizi and Deep. You know what happens next right?

 

 

Highly recommend for this game!

 

Next 1000th Platinum Milestone: ???

Edited September 24, 2022 by Ais Wallenstein
I have decided to wait until I get a mechanical keyboard for Crypt of the Necrodancer and another reason I keep having to many dcs. Using a controller was too hard for me to handle. Hence, I'll swap out for something else.

[reaperveteran86 1,644]

Update 3

- Left Alive 0%

-  Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight 20% ->32%

- Ys Origin 66% -> 79%

- Kill la Kill IF 0%

-Shantae and the Seven Sirens 0%

- Siren 42%

- Wild Arms 0% -> 20%

- The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters 0%

-Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation Code Fairy 14%

- Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection 0% -> 9%

 

Like in the last update, my main game last week was Ys Origin. I finished the first playthrough on Nightmare difficulty, which was more grindy than hard, because different than in the arena and boss rush modes you can level up your characters freely (which takes longer on Nightmare but helps a lot to defeat the harder bosses/ enemies).

Aside from that I played a little bit of Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight and started Wild Arms (one of my favourite JRPGs/I plan to make it my 300th. platinum) and Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection (The first arcade game is done).

[neospoon 1,380]

I would like to join if still possible?

My list of games would be:

 

- Ace Combat 7 | 28%

- The Last of Us 2 | 2%

- Reel Fishing Adventure | 39%

- Duke Nukem 3D Megaton Edition | 33% (PSVita)

- Republique | 1%

[DatZoolander 866]

Update!

 

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons - 0%

Inside - 💯

Oxenfree - 12%

The Bunker -

Yesterday Origins -  Here They Lie - 💯 Late Shift -    0/3 Swaps Used   Yesterday Origins - nice but frustrating game due to the hot spots not registering.

[TalesofGaming 3,301]

Update 4:

 

1. Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars - 100%  9/3/22

2. Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden - 100%  9/15/22

3. Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden - 0% -> 32%

4. Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch - 2%

5. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - 0%

 

Swaps (2/3)

A Plague Tale: Requiem -> Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden

LEGO Harry Potter Collection: Years 5-7 -> Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden

 

I finished The Forsaken Maiden! Besides the big difficulty jump, I absolutely loved the game and my favorite entry so far. The story was phenomenal and I loved the characters. True Yoko Taro material.

 

I also started The Beasts of Burden. It started off rather slow but it's beginning to pick up. Not sure how I feel about the RNG skill cards though. 😅

[SwiftlyPaws 456]

On 17-9-2022 at 9:33 PM, beerwego said:

The collectables don't get added through chapter select according to the guide . Luckily I had a fair few so got them through new game +.

It is a reasonably short game I know but I've not had much game time so it was just frustrating!

Oh thanks, on Xbox the collectibles worked fine with chapter select, will keep it in mind once I start on PS

[MidnightDragon 29,656]

5 hours ago, neospoon said:

I would like to join if still possible?

My list of games would be:

 

- Ace Combat 7 | 28%

- The Last of Us 2 | 2%

- Reel Fishing Adventure | 39%

- Duke Nukem 3D Megaton Edition | 33% (PSVita)

- Republique | 1%

Added

[Taruta13 2,363]

On 9/7/2022 at 0:25 PM, Taruta13 said:

• Trials of Mana 
• Celeste
• Dark Cloud (0% => 27%)
• Bonds of Skies
• Scribblenauts: Mega Pack (0% => 14%)

Finally started the last two games on my list(maybe current list if I decide to throw on a couple after this list is complete). Every morning will be Scribblenauts and every afternoon will be Dark Cloud so that both games get work done on them. Watching someone do a Let's Play of Wizard101 and other Youtube content while muting the sound so I don't go crazy.

 

I am starting Mega Pack with Unlimited as that is a nice easy puzzle game meant to introduce you to how you use the notebook to create objects. Wanted to get that out of the way before doing the horrendous currency grind in Scribblenauts Unmasked. I am doing each set of object shards after a certain point of level completion so that I get the object shards out of the way since there are 217 o f them. Some of the level puzzle events puzzled me so I did have to look up a guide for them. (Found out you don't have to test the alarms to get 100% in the firehouse level.) I've already collected over 40 of the 80 Startites for 100%.

 

Dark Cloud is a different fish. One thing I learned is that the Broken Dagger glitch is a two-handed sword. Do not customize the Broken Dagger on a slot with 2x in it or your weapon will automatically break and disappear as the stats will underflow and reset to 0. I broke my 7-Branch Sword twice before I learned this lesson. Thankfully you can't save in dungeons so I just quit out of the game and reloaded when I lost my sword. Just got Xiao and am still in the first village, Norune, because I am grinding big chests for the Bandit Slingshot to get that annoying trophy for stealing something from an enemy out of the way ASAP. I cleared 2/3 of the Divine Beast Cave but I am not going any further until I get that Bandit Slingshot.

[KimBongUn420 1,007]

Update 1: I usually update weekly, but I really have not done anything for this challenge so far.  Been busy with work and leveling a pally for WotLK Classic.  I've finally started FF12, and am planning for the platinum there to be trophy #9000, but I'm not expecting to complete it until mid-October.

 

However, I did finally manage to get all 27 gold medals in the Mastery Challenge for Assassin's Creed: Valhalla.  I really can't think of a worse way to spend 25 hours of your time.  The enemy AI is so atrociously bad that every run is basically an RNGfest, and instead of "mastering" anything, you're essentially spending your whole time looking for ways to get the enemies to act in a repeatable manner.  A truly awful experience in every way imaginable.  

I also finished the Dawn of Ragnarök expansion, which I paid full price for because I am not a smart man.  It was fine, and the boss fights were better than the main game, but not $40 fine.  Regardless, closer to finally 100%ing this beast of a game.

Cleared a whopping 2 trophies for this update, probably won't update for another couple weeks until I actually have something to share again.  Good luck all and take care!
 

1. Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age - 0% -> 2%
2. Cat Quest 
3. Cat Quest II 
4. Atelier Sophie DX
5. Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
6. Burly Men at Sea
7. Stray [PS5]

Games Completed: 0/7

Trophies: 2/248 (0.8%)

Swaps: 0/3

 

Other games I'll be working on, not a part of the challenge:

• Assassin's Creed Valhalla [PS5] - 78% -> 89%
• Gran Turismo 7 - 73%

[ConAir 1,105]

Update 3:

 

1) Need for Speed: Most Wanted (Vita) 50% 

2) Warlock's Tower (Vita) 33%

3) Hello Kitty & Me! Block Crash V (Vita) 69% -> 100% 

4) Garou: Mark of the Wolves (Vita) 23%

5) Word Search by POWGI (Vita) 32% -> 38%

6) Trigger Witch (PS4) 0%

7) Onrush (PS4) 0%

 

Progress:

The first Platinum Trophy for the challenge is here. Hello Kitty Block Crash had some tricky levels to get S-rank in. Luckily you don't need to do all levels, because completion times are tight.

 

Game was fully in Japanese but gameplay like Arkanoid/Brick Breaker doesn't need much explanation. For the Trophy descriptions you can use Google Translate or the guide on PST.org.

 

Had some time to kill today and finished 2 world in Word Search by POWGI.

 

Adding Onrush because server shutdown seems to be coming soon since the servers rely on Gamespark. Hopefully they will last longer than the 30th of September.

Edited September 19, 2022 by ConAir
Added title

[J-HOOOPPPEE 138]

On 9/12/2022 at 10:41 AM, J-HOOOPPPEE said:

Update 3:

God of war (2018) - 31%
Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart - 42%
MediEvil - 24%
Spyro 3: Year of the dragon - 44% > 47%
Uncharted 4: A Thief's end - 45% > 69%

Swaps used: 0/3

 

slow progress due to a bug regarding the treasures on Uncharted 4 which means I have to restart the whole game, hoping to do it this week and clean up the other trophies, then focus on survival mode

[MidnightDragon 29,656]

5 hours ago, J-HOOOPPPEE said:

 

slow progress due to a bug regarding the treasures on Uncharted 4 which means I have to restart the whole game, hoping to do it this week and clean up the other trophies, then focus on survival mode

That sucks!

[Xenoblast91 1,343]

[UPDATE 1.0] So here it goes, my first attempt to actualize everyone with my current progress. I've been enjoying this time around. Such great development vs. early months of this year, and I feel going on the right track, to be honest. The experience so far has given me a good experience, something that I was missing from long ago. While the progress here could seem lackluster, I've been simultaneously working on other games that I left unfinished way before the event. Since the spirit of all this is to rack up your completion and your backlog, then, why not? I missed having spare time to enjoy games and complete them as I wish; just finally giving them a shot!

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 ~ 0%➡41%
2. Dragon Ball Z Xenoverse ~ 0%➡30%
3. GT Sport ~ 55% [No change]
4. Just Cause 4 ~ 0%
5. UNO ~ 0%

Let's start by the big fish here. COD: MW3 is truly a classic. I reminisce all the convolution and expectation it brought back in 2011... and when I remember that date, I just being left in awe as to how fast time has gone. I'm talking about a game released 11 years ago; that time was widely and entirely different from what we see today. Just in that short amount of time, COD has changed dramatically, thanks to the pressure given in the industry and how games are made. Heck, even Activision now is owned by who had the exclusivity rights back then to publish those first.

 

Being deep into doing the DLC Spec Ops missions first (as I have the tendency to actually start by that on any COD actually, LOL) and they are pretty solid, but man… Those are rough! Seriously. The "Iron Clad", "Arctic Recon" and "Vertigo" missions here are a true challenge. On the latter, I wanted to earn the 4 trophies given in the level all-in-one sit row. Although I was able to earn 1 trophy, my run was interrupted as was killed instantly at the second half of the mission; really lame, nevertheless in the end I made it anyway. But I managed to complete at least those and plan to finish them before the end of the month. The replay value of those, and the thrill they gave me, were satisfying enough to have that idyllic feeling when you finally master something that took you long to grasp in the first place. Looking around for the last 2 remaining, or may be looking for another title meanwhile too. Everything can happen, really.

 

Following that emotion adventure, I followed with Dragon Ball XenoVerse. This one has been in my wishlist and backlog since long ago. In fact, I borrow it from a cousin who is a fan from the series as much as me. And guess what? Has “Xeno” on it,  Wonderful. Then this game is basically a must for me. So far, the game has addicted me, but I’m having a hard time to understanding the right mechanics of the game. Could say it’s a fusion of an MMORPG with fighting genres mixed with a little of sports, Souls and beat ‘em up vibes too. I haven’t expected that this could turn out as it is. However, I rapidly guessed that the key for the game are the side quests; remember the meme about where the character is too overpowered by the first boss so you just rekt them so quick? Well, that’s basically the rule here. But the grind to level up is weird. Like it's purely based on RNG rather than a solid mechanic that you can rack up EXP quick in certain missions. Also, the first thing that I wanted to get rid of were the online trophies. They can be annoying if one doesn’t know what to do, and people online are often rude and try hard. Thankfully, I managed to play with well-intended people and wasn’t that hard to get, at least. Then, the story what remains and can have my full attention in the meantime.

 

I’ll be playing other titles from the backlog too, but in these days, I have had a huge boost in my gaming expectations and goals overall. Thanks for all of you progressing and sharing your hunting too. It’s exciting to know there are people like me who go serious in their goals and are progressing too. See you in the next entry, and meanwhile I’ll read as much as I can from y’all! 😉

[neospoon 1,380]

Update #1

 

- Reel Fishing Road Trip Adventure | 100% 

- Ace Combat 7 | 28%

- The Last of Us Part 2 | 2%

- Duke Nukem 3D Megaton Edition | 33% (PSVita)

- Republique | 1%

 

Reel Fishing Road Trip Adventure (#273)

Since I had a bit of a late start joining the challenge yesterday, I decided it was immediately time to catch up. 

I put a decent amount of time in RFRTA to try and beat it as fast as I could. It resulted in the platinum just a little over midnight last night. I don't know what it is with fishing games, but I always seem to enjoy myself a lot when playing them. Even though I have nothing with fish or fishing in real life. This is also the first fishing game with a story attached to it instead of just catching fish. 

The story itself was ok, nothing spectacular but that's totally fine. This game also doesn't have any deep mechanics like other fishing games. Its just cast and reel in, and pretty much catch something with every cast. There was enough variety in the species to keep me going and wanting to catch all of them. All in all a fun little game!!!

 

Next up...
There are two big ones on my list. Ace Combat 7 and The Last of Us Part 2. Both games are installed and ready to go. I'll probably start a run on TLOU2 and try and get all the collectibles as I go. I first started this shortly after it came out, but never really felt like going for it. That feeling is still there, but maybe if I progress far enough into the story that feeling will disappear. I'll let you know in the next update. As for Ace Combat 7, I obtained all trophies related to multiplayer a couple months ago which was a lot of fun. The trophy holding me back a little is the one for getting S rank on all missions on the highest difficulty and the fact you need to play the campaign on each difficulty. (no stacking trophies here), which always get's me annoyed a bit. Most of the time I don't feel like playing a campaign more than two times, but for Ace Combat the number of playthroughs is four. 

I guess I'll stick with TLOU2 for now...

 

See you in the next update and good luck to everyone getting their games finished!

 

 

 

[sa7355735502 58]

Update 1.0

 

I've started with Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, which is now at 54% having started the challenge with it on 17%.  Foxiest of the Hounds and Pacifist are done.  Assassins Creed Syndicate I'm likely to start before long.

[Taruta13 2,363]

On 9/19/2022 at 0:49 PM, Taruta13 said:

• Trials of Mana 
• Celeste
• Dark Cloud (27% => 42%)
• Bonds of Skies
• Scribblenauts: Mega Pack (14% => 38%)

Yesterday I cleared up some more Dark Cloud and got to the second hub area, Matataki Village. The rest of Norune was grabbing some more miscellaneous trophies and I got the Sticky Fingers bandit slingshot after a few runs of Floor 9 of the Divine Beast Cave, which I knew had a higher chance to spawn big weapon chests. Got Norune to 100% Georama and got the trophy for getitng the reward for that, Toan's charged attack upgrade. I got to Floor 6 of Wise Owl Forest but am not going to continue for a couple of days and most of the trophies are done, I just need to get max money(which will help with a few Sun Dew keys for the back floors to get the glowing sigils to hopefully be nice to me and increase my money) and the fishing trophies which I will do in Muska Lacka, the fourth hub area, but that's a long ways to go. Also, not really eager to face the White Snake again, it's scary. Also, I actually intend for Dark Cloud to be my 50th platinum trophy so I don't want to finish it too fast.

 

So I spent all days boost Scribblenauts Mega Pack, I managed to clear up the rest of the object shard challenges and get the 'ending' for obtaining 60 Startites, and now I am at 88 Startites and have finished up most of the levels but I am stopping for the evening as I have MMOs to play. I intend to clear the rest of Scribblenauts Unlimited and then get back to Dark Cloud a bit to clear up to the oasis in Muska Lacka to fish up some Baron Garayans.

[Attababyitzaboy 45]

Update #1

Got a couple of quick and easy games out of the way.  I'll be honest they are all great in their own right but both The Room VR and Deracine are both incredible VR games.  Anyone with a PSVR needs to get on those immediately.  Hopefully I will have a couple more done by the end of the week.

 

Deracine - 100%
The Room VR: A Dark Matter - 100%
Ghost Giant VR - 7%
Space Rift - 100%
Psychonauts - 0%
Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin - 0%
Lucky's Tale - 9%
Ape Escape - 37%
Hot Shots Golf - 0%
I.Q. Intelligent Qube - 0%
Syphon Filter - 0%
Wild Arms - 0%

[YaManSmevz 3,933]

Update #3

9/21/22

 

What's up, all you beautiful trophy hunters?

 

Slow week for me, wifey and I were out and about quite a bit, and I'm actually quite glad - I wasn't really feelin like playing for a while so it was good not to force it.

 

I randomly started playing Bastion instead of Subnautica as planned, and I think it was the right move! Having already played Transistor, it's interesting to see all these similar qualities that really came to fruition their next time around. Not a slight against this at all though, Bastion is outstanding! Pretty much just gotta do Rucks' dream with all the idols and that's that on that, but damn if it ain't a lil rough! I remember seeing it rated a 7/10 difficulty in the guide and thinking "what are you talking about" until getting here, now it makes a bit more sense😄

 

I'm hoping to have Bastion wrapped up tomorrow, then it's back to Katamari Damacy Reroll (the whole rolling up everything business got me a lil shook, ngl) and after that it'll likely be time to add some more games. As always, everybody puttin in that work and I'm about it. Thanks for reading and thanks for posting😎

 

1. The Hong Kong Massacre ✅️

2. Subnautica (0%)

3. Bastion (0-->62%)

4. Katamari Damacy Reroll (49%)

5. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist (35%)

[MidnightDragon 29,656]

Update time! 

 

Chrono Cross-2%

Dragon Quest Builders 2

Hoard-4=>11%

Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Stray

TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection-100%  9/10

 

Decided to get to work on Hoard. It's fun, though a bit repetitive. I have a feeling it'd be more enjoyable with other people, but I have to play solo, so I'll make do.  

[StilRh 3,370]

Hey guys. Work has been brutal lately. It's been hard to not slump on the sofa or go straight to bed after a shift so my gaming time has been limited. In the time I have had I've pushed further into Little Noah, started Call of Cthulhu, added Hardspace: Shipbreaker and swapped Indivisible for The Diofield Chronicle. It's been pretty fun to play such different games. The platinums all look quite reasonable. I am on the fence about swapping Xenocolonist out due to bugged trophies... I'll see if the devs bring a patch out soon.

 

This week I hope to either complete Cthulhu or Diofield. Have a nice week

I've rang out of reputation, please don't think I'm not reading all the great posts here.

 

Spoiler

Call of Cthulhu 0% > 25%

Children of Morta 100%

Cold steel 3 0%

Crosscode 12%

Crown Trick 28%

NEW - Hardspace: Shipbreaker 0% > 16%

I was a teenage exocolonist 16%

Indivisible 0% > SWAP > The Diofields Chronicle 0% > 7%

Little Noah: Scion of paradise 21% > 31%

Monster Sanctuary 0%

Northgard 33%

Observer redux 0%

Roguebook 9%

Shovel knight: Pocket dungeon 28%

Wildfire 8%

 

Platinum/100% 1/15

Swaps 1/3

 

[TheZazuku 193]

Update #3

 

Elden Ring (ps5) 2%-> 7%

Nier: Automata (ps4) 

Tearaway Unfolded (ps4) 2% -> 11%

Yakuza: Like a Dragon (ps5) 35%

Kingdom hearts final mix (ps4) 47%

Two point campus (ps5) 

Rime (ps4) 7%

It takes two (ps5) 0%

A plague tale: Innocence (ps5) 0%

Tera (ps4) 8%

Temtem (ps5) 30%

 

2/11 completed

2/3 swaps

 

Not much of an update as I've been busy playing Temtem for the past 2 weeks 😅 may aswell add it here so you can follow my progress on it.

 

I really enjoy playing Temtem and the story ain't bad. Finished it last night and now making my way into endgame, seems I've got some grinding to do for dojo rematches, shrines, pvp and such. Quite a bit to wrap my head around post story 😁 then there is breeding for a perfect tem, hunting lumas (shinies), lairs (yet to check them out) and more.

A solid recommend from me, especially if you like pokemon 👍

Edited September 22, 2022 by TheZazuku

[SwiftlyPaws 456]

Update 3
 

- 101 Ways to die -> 31%

- Aven Colony

- Grid -> 40%

- Murdered Soul Suspect

- Planet Coaster -> 12% 

- The Order 1886 -> 22% 

- Watch Dogs -> 26% 28% 32%

 

This was a good week for me, I finished The Order 1886 what still is a very good game.

Also finished 101 Ways to Die and I really liked it, killing puzzle game.

Next Watch Dogs, I’m at 72% in game completion and just completed act 3 so I’m close to the end. 

For now I will continue Watch Dogs and get some miles in Grid.